By Dan O’Neill and Elizabethe Holland

Baseball fans lined downtown streets – in some places, a dozen or so deep – to get a gander at stars from the National and American leagues as they made their way along the red-carpet…

As the Home Run Derby rolls on, here’s something to think about during those long commercial breaks. Call it a strikeout in baseball nerdiness.

Everyone knows the home run totals, but strike one breaks it down a little further. Obviously, not…

ESPN’s Baseball tonight crew made their predictions for tonight’s Home Run Derby. After some prelim votes tossed out for Ryan Howard, Joe Mauer and Nelson Cruz, the group came to their senses and went with Albert Pujols.

Joe Mauer, who has two AL batting titles and leads the league in hitting, has accepted an invitation to the Home-Run Derby at Busch.

Mauer has a career-high 15 home runs in his first 61 games since coming off the disabled…

ST. LOUIS — Philadelphia Phillies slugger, past Home Run Derby champion and St. Louis native Ryan Howard will duel with hometown star Albert Pujols as the headliners in this year’s Home Run Derby, according to Major League Baseball.

The four players…

CINCINNATI — St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols and St. Louis native Ryan Howard were the top two vote-getters in the inaugural Home Run Derby fan poll, which will be used as leverage to encourage participants in this year’s…

CINCINNATI — Chicago White Sox lefty Mark Buehrle, the starter for the 2005 All-Star Game in Detroit, is scrambling to get some extra tickets for friends and family as he’ll make his fourth All-Star appearance a memorable one — near…

CINCINNATI — Eight-time All-Star and St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols will lead the National League into the 80th All-Star Game, which will be held July 14 at Busch Stadium.

The starting lineups for the NL and American League All-Stars…

Ryan Howard is still playing it cool when it comes to talk about participating in the Home Run Derby this summer in his hometown.

Asked by David Murphy of the Philly Daily News if he would participate, even if he wasn’t…

NEW YORK — St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols continues his steamroll toward an All-Albert All-Star week at Busch Stadium in the middle of July. The reigning National League MVP is not only the fans’ choice to start at…